S2 Episode 15: A Bridge Too Close (Part 2)

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"Concentrate your attack on Megatron!", Starscream shouted out, as Starscream and his seekers charged. One shoots Megatron into the cave wall.

"Megatron!", Sadira yelled, getting off of Optimus and running to her love. "More Starscream clones?", Prowl questioned.

"How is that even possible?", Optimus asked, as he grabbed his ax. "Based.on.the.unusually.high.level.of. all.spark.energy.emanating.from.Starscream.one.can.only.assume.that.he.acquired.several. alspark.fragments.and.used.their.life-giving.properties.to.bring.the.clones.online.", Blurr explained.

"Aren't you sorry you asked?", Bumblebee asked, sarcastically. "Lugnut! Blitzwing! We need back up at once! Where are you?!", Megatron asked through the comms.

"Yes... About that... Funny story...", Blitzwing said, still in status lock. "It will take more than a few pathetic clones for you to defeat me, Starscream!", Megatron said, as he shot at Starscream only for him to dodge.

"Come on, Professor, Harvester! We have to shut down that space bridge!", Bulkhead said, as he laid one of Harvester's arms over his shoulder. "Why did you make it work in the first place? What were you thinking?!", Professor Sumdac exclaimed.

"This coming from the guy who rebuilt Megatron.", Bulkhead stated, as Harvester deadpanned. But then, she winced when she hits the cut on her head.

Bulkhead then grabbed the professor, as he and Harvester transformed, dodging the shots. "Mix Master, find Lugnut and Blitzwing!", Sadira ordered, as she reflected a shot that was at Megatron.

"Scraper, back us up!", Megatron ordered. Optimus then hit Scraper in the back, making him release Bumblebee and Blur.

He then turned to Prowl to free him. "Hey! Yo! I never bargain for this. I'm a builder, not a fighter.", Mix Master explained, as someone shot the oil out of his hands.

"That's it! Nobody messes with my motor oil!", Mix Master continued. Optimus was then able to free Prowl and met up with Bumblebee and Blurr.

"We need to climb up catwalks and get the high advantage on the Starscreams.", Optimus said. "Why not just let him take out Megatron?", Bumblebee suggested.

"We can't afford to let any Decepticons get through the space bridge to Cybertron. Also, Starscream may hurt Serenity. I can't let that happen.", Optimus said, as he sent one of his grapplers to the catwalk and grabbed Bumblebee. Meanwhile, Mix Master was taking on the ego maniac Starscream.

"Fool! A mere construction bot is no match for my superior firepower!", Ego Starscream said. "Oh really? Well, do you know where you can stick it!", Mix Master said, as he shot cement at him.

"Impossible! You can not defeat me! You are not worthy! You are inferior! And your jokes stinks!", Ego Starscream shouted out. Then, the lying Starscream stood behind Mix Master.

"Don't worry! I won't shoot!", Liar Starscream said. Before he could, Harvester jumped on top of him, causing him to tumble down and hit his head.

Prowl then jumped down beside her and cuffed him. "One Starscream down. Five to go.", Prowl said, before he and Harvester then took off.

"I'm not down! I can escape any time I want to! I just don't want to.", Liar Starscream told them. Then, the suck up Starscream came over and shot the cuffs.

"Brilliant strategy! Just brilliant! It is an honor to help you escape from such an elegant Autobot warrior.", Suck Up Starscream stated. "What are you talking about? I escaped all by myself!", Liar Starscream said.

Bumblebee was shooting at the scared Starscream, as Blurr started driving up the walls. "Please! Please don't hurt me! I dent easily!", Scared Starscream begged.

Blurr then cuffed Scared Starscream. "No! No! No! Not the status cuffs! I have an irrational fear of status lock!", Scared Starscream pleaded.

Then, Ego Starscream flew into them, causing them all to get stuck in the cement, as they flew through the spacebridge. Sadira then looked up just in time to see it.

Her optics switching blue, as she whispered, "Blurr..." But, just as quickly as they were red once again, as she continued to fight against Starscream.

"Blurr! He's one of ours! You're the space bridge genius! Get him back!", Bumblebee demanded Bulkhead. "I'm trying, but I never set the target coordinates! They could have transported anywhere in the galaxy.", Bulkhead said.

Then, the female Starscream started fighting Bulkhead, as Harvester tried to hop onto her. But, she was wacked against the wall, rendering her unconscious.

"Harvester!", Bulkhead yelled out, as he tried to tackle the Starscream. "Here! Use these!", Bumblebee instructed, as he throws Bulkhead some cuffs.

But, this only resulted in getting Bulkhead cuffed and landing next to Harvester. The female Starscream then flew over to Sadira.

As the two began to fight, Starscream looked over from fighting Megatron. "Don't kill her! I still need her to be my bride! If you kill her, I'll rip out your spark myself!", Starscream threatened.

He then blocked another strike from Megatron. "Starscream, give up this foolish mutiny!", Megatron ordered.

"Never!", Starscream yelled out, as he flew a little bit away, leaving Megatron open for the Liar Starscream to hit him. Sadira at this time was about to end the female Starscream when she pulled a dirty trick of hitting her with a small boam, enough to get her off.

"Doesn't this look familiar? When Starscream first tried to end Megatron.", Female Starscream stated. She then pointed her blaster at her, but Optimus then came flying down and hit both Starscreams.

Megatron stood over by him. "Well, you are the last bot I would have thought to come to my rescue.", Megatron said.

"I wasn't coming to your rescue.", Optimus told him, while looking at Sadira. But soon, both Starscreams revived and started shooting at Megatron, Sadira, and Optimus.

On Dinobot Island... "I've got the Allspark fragments loaded in the ship's spark chamber. When I give you the signal, use your key to jump start the ship... Now!", Ratchet said.

Sari placed her key into the ship. The keyboard then lit up along with the walls.

"Come on, buddy! I know you can do it. Focus on my voice. Can you hear me? Stay with me.", Ratchet continued. Sari gave Ratchet a confused look.

"Uh, Ratchet? I don't think that's really gonna-", Sari said. But, she was then cut off by the ship.

"Ratchet? Is that you?", the ship asked. "Huh, it talked.", Sari said, surprised.

"Oh, he does a lot more than talk.", Ratchet smirked. "There's Decepticons everywhere! I don't think I'm going to make it!", the ship panicked.

"It's alright, my friend. The wars are over.", Ratchet reassured him. "Did we win?", the ship asked.

"Yeah, we won thanks to you.", Ratchet said, as he pats the ship. "Ok, how come you never told me your ship was alive?", Sari asked.

"Because he hasn't been alive for a long time. He sacrificed his spark to win the wars and has been in a modified status ever since.", Ratchet explained. "There is so much that I can't remember.", the ship said.

"I'm afraid we'll have to catch up later. Right now, we need your help.", Ratchet stated. "I don't know if I can, Ratchet... I-I...", the ship said.

"Trust me. You will. With the help of my organic friend and her key, we'll have you, if you pardon the expression, ship shape in no time.", Ratchet said. But then, Omega Supreme's spark chamber started to glow.

"What's happening?", Sari asked. "I don't know. Omega talk to me.", Ratchet replied.

But, it wasn't Omega who answered. "Ratchet? Sari? Is that you guys?", the familiar voice asked.

Both Sari and Ratchet shared a look. "Serenity?!", Ratchet and Sari exclaimed.

Back at the fight in the cave Megatron, Sadira and Optimus were still fighting the Starscreams, dodging their attacks. "I told you not to harm her!", Starscream yelled at the female Starscream.

"Well, what was I supposed to do? It's not like you can take control of her again!", Female Starscream scoffed. "Silence! You will do as I command!", Starscream growled.

"What are you doing?! Aim for Sparkchamber!", Starscream ordered. "Don't tell me how to slag Megatron! I was slagging Megatron while you were still a gleam in my spark!", Liar Starscream yelled out.

"And look how well that turned out!", Starscream said. Megatron then saw the lying Starscream starting to aim at him and Sadira.

He then grabbed the back of Optimus and used him as a shield, as the Starscream hit him, drawing out a scream of pain from Optimus. That is when something snapped in Sadira.

"Optimus!", Serenity yelled out, as her eyes went blue. But then, she grabbed her helm, as Sadira took over once again.

Meanwhile, the professor was trying to free Bulkhead, as Bulkhead tried to revive Harvester. "Come on, Harvester! Get up! We need you! I need you...", Bulkhead whispered to her.

Prowl was dodging Mix Master, as he tried to hit him with cement. "Hey! Hold still so that I can mix you up some cement overshoes alright!", Mix Master said.

Bumblebee then jumped down from the platform. "Mix Master, this oil breath...", Bumblebee started.

But, Bumblebee was then shot against the wall and stuck in the cement. "Mix Master, concentrate your attack on the head Starscream!", Megatron ordered, still holding onto an unconscious Optimus.

Sadira kept her eyes from her hated enemy. She knew that if she looked at him, Serenity would try to fight her even more.

"Just you wait, Princess. Once this is all over, I'll have you eliminated for good...", Sadira whispered to herself. "Head Starscream...", Professor Sumdac whispered, as he ran off.

"Professor, wait! Where are you going?", Bulkhead called out. Megatron and Sadira continued to fight.

"It's not like you to hide behind a Autobot, Megatron! Especially the princess's sweetspark!", Starscream said, as he shot Optimus one more time, making Megatron release his captive. Sadira was surprised she didn't feel Serenity trying to fight her anymore.

Perhaps she had finally won. "But, it's completely like you to hide behind an army of cheap knock-offs.", Megtatron said, taking a swipe at Starscream.

Prowl rushed over to Optimus. "Prime, are you alright?", Prowl asked.

But, as he went to reach forward, Suck Up Starscream then put status cuffs on Prowl. "I was so impressed by that status cuff move of yours that I simply had to try it myself! Wonderful! Wonderful!", Suck Up Starscream praised, as he laid Prowl by Optimus.

Then, Female Starscream shot Megatron's sword out of his hand, as the other Starscream's grabbed him. Sadira went to defend him, but the female Starsceam tackled her.

Starscream then put the status cuffs on Sadira. Picking up Megatron's sword, he walked towards his former leader.

"Oh, I've been waiting a long time for this. Don't worry, I'll tell them you went offline valiantly. Just after you named me as your successor and told me to take the princess as mine.", Starscream said. But before Starscream could place the final blow, the Headmaster unit took off Starscream's head and placed itself on top.

"Total ownage, noob.", Professor Sumdac said. "You cut off my head!", Starscream tell out.

"I told you he was working with the Decepticons! He just saved Megatron's skid plate!", Bumblebee yelled out. "I saved him so I could kick his skid plate myself!", Professor Sumdac said, as he went in to end him.

"Oh, please!", Megatron said, as he threw off the other Starscreams and shot the Headmaster off. Then, Starscream's body landed on his head.

"What are you waiting for? Destroy Megatron! Now!", Starscream ordered. But, his clones had other ideas.

"Any leader has to be better than you.", Female Starscream said. "Oh, wise and brave Megatron! You have truly proven your vast superiority.", Suck Up Starscream said.

"I will remain loyal to you forever!", Liar Starscream said, as he kicked Starscream's body and walked over to join Megatron. Back at the ship...

"Serenity? How is that you?", Sari asked. "You used the allspark fragments to get Omega Supreme back online. I was able to use them to travel here. Listen, I can't stay long off. Sadira will realize something. I'm going to use my Allspark energy to power up Omega. But, it will take away all my strength and I won't be able to fight Sadira when the time comes.", Serenity explained.

"Wait! Who is Sadira?", Ratchet asked. Serenity ignored his question, as he started to power up Omega.

"Sari, you will need to use your key to fight her. I can't do it alone and Optimus won't be able to anymore. I need you, Sari! I need you, my-", Serenity continued.

But, Serenity wasn't able to finish, as she used up all her energy. Omega Supreme was then back online.

"Ratchet, what happened?", Omega Supreme asked. "The princess just used her energy to restore you. How do you feel?", Ratchet replied.

"The princess did that for me? I'm afraid, Ratchet. I can't see.", Omega Supreme said. "That's because your front end is still covered by rock. You just need to pull yourself out from the side of that cliff.", Ratchet told him.

Omega then pulled himself out. "I knew you still had it in you!", Ratchet cheered. "But, this doesn't look like Cybertron.", Omega Supreme said.

"I know... It's a long story.", Ratchet explained, as they flew to the aid of their team. At the cave, Optimus and Harvester had finally revived only to find them and their companions in status cuffs and Deceptions surrounding them.

"How does it feel to be held captive in your own status cuffs, Autobot?", Megatron mocked. "Yo! Look who I found?", Scraper said, as he showed up with Blitzwing and Lugnut. Prowl then started to hum.

"Will you stop that stupid humming?", Bumblebee asked, annoyed. "This stupid humming is a focusing technic. A trained cyber ninja can use processor over matter to remove these cuffs.", Prowl told him.

"Can you really do that?", Bulkhead asked. "In theory, I actually completed my cyber ninja training.", Prowl replied.

Sadira then stepped on Prowl's hand, causing him to yell out in pain. "That trick won't work here, Ninja.", Sadira said, as she brought her claws under his chin.

She then looked back at the rest of the team. "Your fates are sealed now, Autobots.", Sadira continued.

"While the Elite Guard forces are preoccupied with the Decepticon uprising at the rim of the galaxy, I will use this space bridge to transport my Deceptons to the heart of Cybertron and take over the entire space bridge network!", Megatron gloated. "Ha! You really think that ridiculous plan will work?", Starscream yelled out, as Mix Master shut him up with the cement.

"From there it will be a simple matter to transport all Decepticon forces into a virtually defenseless Cybertron and take over the entire planet. And I have your expert space bridge technician to thank for it.", Megatron continued. Sadira then walked up to Bulkhead.

"Thank you!", Sadira mocked and walked over to Megatron's side. "I still don't understand where this expertise came from.", Optimus pointed out.

"I had a lot of time to study space bridge schematic back on the Energon farm. I guess I just had a knack for them.", Bulkhead said. "Well, that's great! So, the one thing you're good at is going to hand Cybertron over to the Decepticons?", Bumblebee said.

"Don't get your circuits in a bunch! The space bridge is useless without a receiving code. And for that Megatron would need to already have somebody on Cybertron.", Bulkhead told him. "Don't you remember anything? The transmission I picked up? Wasp? The Decepticon spy I caught back at boot camp?", Bumblebee asked.

"Don't you mean the spy we caught back at boot camp? Don't you, Bumblebee?", Shockwave said, as he appeared on the screen. "How do you know my name?", Bumblebee asked.

"Surely you recognize your old pal, Longarm.", Shockwave replied, as he shifted into Longarm. "So, Wasp wasn't a double agent. Which means...", Bumblebee said.

"You sent an innocent bot into the stockades!", Bulkhead finished. "Is that guilt I hear in your voice, Bumblebee? Guilt for ruining a bot's life?", Sadira smirked.

"Decepticons, prepare for our conquest of Cybertron!", Megatron ordered. All the bots cheered.

But then, Megatron turned back to Optimus. A smirk playing on his face.

"But first, we need to test our space bridge. Just in case our Autobot expert decided to sabotage it.", Megatron said, as he picked up Optimus. "And I will be waiting for the test subject on this side. Just in case he didn't sabotage it.", Shockwave said, turning back into himself.

As Megatron went to take Optimus to the space bridge, Sadira whispered, "Say goodbye to your prince, Princess..." But, before anything could happen, the ground began to shake and Omega appeared in the sky, shooting at them.

"Careful not to fire on our friends or the princess.", Ratchet instructed. "And try to get a visual on my dad.", Sari added.

"Sure... What's a dad?", Omega asked. "Mix Master, Scraper, clear the rubble from the space bridge! The rest of you, attack that Autobot ship!", Megatron ordered, as they started shooting Omega.

"There's too many! I'm not ready!", Omega panicked. "You can do this, old friend. I believe in you and so does the princess.", Ratchet encouraged.

He then lowered himself to the controls. "I'll loosen up your joints.", Ratchet continued.

"This ship had joints?", Sari asked. Omega Supreme then transformed and the Decepticons hovered there in shock.

"Cool!", Sari said. Omega then started to make his way to the cave.

"Your size is meaningless compared to the greatness of Megatron! Ha!", Lugnut shouted out. "Size... That's it! Everyone aim for the legs!", Female Starscream shouted out.

Omega then stumbled. But, as he stood up, he made every weapon available shoot at the Decepticons.

Back in the cave... "Now where were we?", Megatron said, as he continued towards the space bridge.

Sadira had her back turned, clenching her fist, as she kept repeating, "No, no, no! I'm... I'm in control!" This didn't go unnoticed by Harvester.

"Come on, Serenity! I know you are still in there. Fight her! If not for you, fight her for Optimus.", Harvester said. Megatron then threw Optimus at the space bridge.

Just as he was about to enter, Serenity turned around and shot the cuffs that were holding his hands with her wand. Optimus then used his grapler to grab onto Megatron and pull himself out, as the space bridge collapsed.

Megatron turned and growled at Serenity. Serenity then let out a shout and held her helm, before she collapsed.

Megatron then turned to look at the professor. "It wasn't me! Honest!", Professor Sumdac said.

"He's right! The power core has to-", Bulkhead added. "Will you mute it before you end up helping Megatron again!", Bumblebee said, as he cuts Bulkhead off.

"Clearly this Allspark fragment is not powerful enough. Fortunately, I happen to have another.", Megatron said, making his way to Starscream. "What? Me?", Starscream asked.

Megatron then took Starscream out and put him in the holder. And the bridge did turn back on, but it started to shake.

"Great! Now you've overloaded it! Do I have to do everything?", Bulkhead shouted out. "The destination code has been deleted, my liege! The space bridge could send you anywhere!", Shockwave

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